Trainee Stories
Get to know some of the physician-scientists training at Feinberg.
Alexandra McQuattie Hanrahan, MD
Alexandra McQuattie Hanrahan, MD, came to Northwestern for the physician-scientist training program after completing medical school in Venezuela. She has been doing research in the laboratory of Douglas Vaughan, MD, and doing clinical rounds, most recently in the MICU. She talks about being a mom and a physician scientist and how Feinberg supports her development through the Starzl Academy Physician Scientist Training Program.
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Sam Weinberg, MD, PhD
Sam Weinberg, MD, PhD, completed his training at Feinberg in the Medical Scientist Training Program. He stayed on at Northwestern for training in the Starzl Academy Physician Scientist Training Program. Hear how he balances being a physician scientist and a new dad. He will join Northwestern as assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and as associate director of the Clinical Immunology Lab.
Watch Sam's videoKyle MacQuarrie, MD, PhD
Kyle MacQuarrie, MD, PhD, was a pediatric hematology oncology fellow at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Now he is an attending physician in hematology, oncology, neuro-oncology; and stem cell transplantation at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
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J.O. DeLancey, MD, MPH
J.O. was a Urology resident in the Department of Urology. He completed a research fellowship with Northwestern Quality Improvement, Research, & Education in Surgery. Now, he is an assistant professor of Urology at The Ohio State University (OSU) and physician at OSU's Wexner Medical Center.
Watch J.O.'s videoLuisa Morales Nebreda, MD
Luisa was an Internal Medicine resident within the Department of Medicine. Now she's on faculty and is assistant professor of Medicine the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.
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Steve Xu, MD
Steve was a Dermatology resident within the Department of Dermatology and NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in Material Science. Now he is an assistant professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Northwestern and medical director of the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics.
Watch Steve's videoMatt Feinstein, MD
Matt was a Cardiovascular Disease fellow in the Division of Cardiology within the Department of Medicine. Now he is assistant professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Pathology and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) at Northwestern.
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Josh Waitzman, MD, PhD
Josh was an Internal Medicine resident in the Department of Medicine. Now he's a nephrologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Watch Josh's videoRavi Rajaram, MD, MSc
Ravi was a General Surgery resident in the Department of Surgery and part of the Department of Surgery's Physician-Scientist Training Program. Now he is assistant professor in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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